BLM to Amend Kobuk Seward Peninsula Land Use Plan to address Squirrel River Special Recreation Management Area

Published: October 19, 2010

Fairbanks—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will amend its Kobuk-SewardPeninsula Resource Management Plan (KSP/RMP) to address recreationdecisions and travel management decisions for the Squirrel River SpecialRecreation Management Area (SRMA). The Squirrel River SRMA consists of644,000 acres of public lands in northwest Alaska.

Key issues included in the plan are recreation, subsistence, commercialguiding and travel management.

The BLM invites public participation during the development of the KSP/RMPamendment and planning for the Squirrel River area. The public scopingperiod began May 13, 2010, when the Notice of Intent was published in theFederal Register, and will end December 3, 2010..

Public scoping meetings will be held in Kiana, Noorvik, Kotzebue, Fairbanksand Anchorage. Meeting dates, times and locations are as follows:

Written comments may be submitted at the public scoping meetings or sent toBLM Central Yukon Field Office, Attn: KSP/RMP Amendment, 1150 UniversityAvenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3844. Comments may also be submitted viae-mail to AK_CYFO_GeneralDelivery@blm.gov or by fax at (907) 474-2282.Comments must be received before the end of the scoping period to be fullyconsidered. For information about the amendment to the KSP/RMP for theSquirrel River planning area, contact the BLM at (907) 271-3202, or visitour web page http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning.html

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The BLM manages 245 million acres – more land than any other federalagency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, isprimarily located in 12 Western states, including 75 million acres inAlaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. TheBLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of thepublic lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoorrecreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production,and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on BLM to Amend Kobuk Seward Peninsula Land Use Plan to address Squirrel River Special Recreation Management Area

Fairbanks—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will amend its Kobuk-SewardPeninsula Resource Management Plan (KSP/RMP) to address recreationdecisions and travel management decisions for the Squirrel River SpecialRecreation Management Area (SRMA). The Squirrel River SRMA consists of644,000 acres of public lands in northwest Alaska.

Key issues included in the plan are recreation, subsistence, commercialguiding and travel management.

The BLM invites public participation during the development of the KSP/RMPamendment and planning for the Squirrel River area. The public scopingperiod began May 13, 2010, when the Notice of Intent was published in theFederal Register, and will end December 3, 2010..

Public scoping meetings will be held in Kiana, Noorvik, Kotzebue, Fairbanksand Anchorage. Meeting dates, times and locations are as follows:

Written comments may be submitted at the public scoping meetings or sent toBLM Central Yukon Field Office, Attn: KSP/RMP Amendment, 1150 UniversityAvenue, Fairbanks, AK 99709-3844. Comments may also be submitted viae-mail to AK_CYFO_GeneralDelivery@blm.gov or by fax at (907) 474-2282.Comments must be received before the end of the scoping period to be fullyconsidered. For information about the amendment to the KSP/RMP for theSquirrel River planning area, contact the BLM at (907) 271-3202, or visitour web page http://www.blm.gov/ak/st/en/prog/planning.html

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The BLM manages 245 million acres – more land than any other federalagency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, isprimarily located in 12 Western states, including 75 million acres inAlaska. The Bureau, with a budget of about $1 billion, also administers 700million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. TheBLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of thepublic lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoorrecreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production,and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources onpublic lands.public lands.